Leif Vollebekk

Leif Vollebekk

Leif Vollebekk had hit a wall. In the midst of endless touring, the Montreal singer-songwriter found himself retreating to lonely hotel rooms after shows and listening to Nick Drake alone in the dark, his own songs didn’t sound right. In this blue mood he booked a secret show at a Montreal dive bar, only playing covers with a band that rehearsed once. The experience led Leif to change his approach to songwriting and soon the songs came pouring out of him.

Leif Vollebekk had hit a wall. In the midst of endless touring, the Montreal singer-songwriter found himself retreating to lonely hotel rooms after shows and listening to Nick Drake alone in the dark, his own songs didn’t sound right. In this blue mood he booked a secret show at a Montreal dive bar, only playing covers with a band that rehearsed once. The experience led Leif to change his approach to songwriting and soon the songs came pouring out of him.

I’ll be playing a small, last-minute headline show this Tuesday, September 11th, at @somevelvetmorning123 here in Melbourne! Doors will be at 8pm and we'll have a special guest opening the night.
It's been such a pleasure playing with @angiemcmahon and her incredible band. Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, you were unreal. Perth and Adelaide next weekend! I can't believe my time in Australia is almost over. So many Aussie wildlife facts, so little time... @tom.dunphy_creative

I’ll be joining my dear friend @Gregory Alan Isakov for a few shows this November in Hartford, DC, Philly, NYC, Brooklyn and Boston. It’s gonna be a grand ol’ time. (I took this shot of Greg sometime long ago in Colorado, before the invention of colour film.) x

The music video for Into the Ether out today. It is brought to you by the uncanny eye of Kaveh Nabatian. A big thank you to Hannah Holman for her beautiful performance and of course to everyone who worked on this with my song blaring on the loudspeakers. X